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WAR Si
The Hattie ol
Col. (J. N. Saussy i
"F-hd recent manoeuvres of mimic I
.ifcct'e briDg forcibly up thc culmina- ,
Cia? feature of thc scries of collisions
between the l'otoinac anny and the
"iTOiy of Northern Virginia in what is
5cnown in history as the second
'-lanadas campaign.
Smarting under thc defeat inflicted
>y Lee in the memorable "Seven
Days" at Richmond, and depressed io
spirit because ho honestly belived the .
.arbitratment of the sword would have
JOJO different had his government
listened to and faithfully heeded his I
Lp peal 8 for adequate levies prior to
June 'JO, tho disastrous trial of
strength before the Confederate capi*
. tai, and the f urther disgrace inflicted!
?by Hallcok, in releasing him of his |
. iommand of the Arr j? of the I'oto- .
Miac, McClellan rallied somewhat!
"-when recalled from his "mi-disgraco j
<to apsume command of I he combined i
fioraeo of 1'ope and .he Potomac
...ar: my.
To bring order out of chaos, Mc
clellan found no easy or enviable
. iask. yot, by heroic labor, ho sucoecd
*3d?beyon-d his expectation. Lee rest
ed his weary, but viotorious army, in
?nd around Frederick City, recruiting
lits energy after tho arduous campaigns
. of Richmond, Slaughter's Mountain
."M?l Second Manassas. Its location
*wae a menace to Washington or Bal
timore, and had cut off from any
. hope >3r assistance from tho north or
-e*>st, the important post of Harper's
Ferry.
This strategic point appealed to
l-lGIleek, as did Vioksburg to Mr.
.;j>avin, as of vital neuessity to tho
life of the nation, and that its posses
sion should be retained at any hazard.
"Drop one apple in a bushel bas
ket," says M. Quad, "and you hare
.Harper's Ferry." Surrounded by
mountain heights, the possession of
any one, with good field guns in posi
tion, muBt dominato the situation.
'Twelve thousand federal troops gar
risoned this post deemed so precious
by Halleck. It was a tempting prizo,
. and its capture appealed to Gen. Lee
33 a possibility, if he could command
?time enough for its reduction.
Maturing his plan, Gen. Lee em
bodied its ezeoution in the now fa
mous Speoial Orders No. 191 :
"Headquarters Army of Northern
Virginia, September 9, 1862.-The
-army will resume its march to-morrow,
^taking the Hagerstown road. Gen.
-Jackson's command will form the ad
vance, and, after passing Middleton,
.with snc?i portions as he may soleot,
itake the route toward Skarpsburg,
?aroea the Potomac at the most con
venient point, and, by Friday morning,
*take posession of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, oapture auch of the
'saemy as may be at Martinsburg and
io.io?ce.pt such as may attempt to es
cape from Harper's Ferry.
<4Gen. Longstreet's command will
tpursue tho main road as far as Boons
iborough., where it will halt, with re
serve, -supply and baggage trains of
-taie romy.
"Gen. MoLaws, with his own di
vision and that of Gen. R. H. Ander
.son,-wl>3 follow Gen. Longstreet. On
Teaching Middletown will take the
Toute to Harper's Ferry and by Friday
rooming possess himself of the Mary
land Heights and endeavor to captun
?she enemy at Harper's Ferry and
arioinity.
"Gen. Walker, with his division,
?-Stier accomplishing the object in
<which /be is now engaged, will oross
Che Potomac at Cheek's ford, ascend
ate right ?bank to Lortesville, take
possession of Loudoun Heights, if
.(practicable by Friday morning, Key's
'?ord on his left and the road between
<the end of the mountain and the
VPotomao on his right. He will, as far
:?s.practicable, cooperate with Gens.
M cw Bws and Jaaksou and intercept
Che retreat of the enemy.
"Gen. D. H. Hill's division will
iorm (he Tear guard of the army, pur
suing thc road taken by the main
' body. The ?cserve artillery, ordi
nance arra -supply trains, etc., will
.,. precede Gen.'HW.
''Gea. Stuart will detach a squad
?con of cavalry to acoozipany thc com
mand of Gens. Longstreet, Jackson
.--and McLaws, and with the main body
.iff ihe'COTafcy will oover the route of
the -army, bringing up all stragglers
' (hst may have been left behind.
rfThc< comm ands of Gens. Jacksou,
?fcLaws ?and Walker, after aooom
. jplisbiqg 'ihe -object for which they
?iave foeeio. flctaohed, will join the
rmain body of the army at Boonsbor
?ough or Hagerstown*
"By command of Gen. R E. Lee.
"JL H. Chilton, A. A. Gen."
filero aTO^iVen explicit instrnr"' 'k jj
f-foc the movements of >5H?MISTSJ '
/ ?rn and s that eompos' < ^
1 Northern Virginia/ New* York. 0f
fair io love of yall druggh>tt. wt
atrito and true./ ' toi
mm.
io Savannah Press.
its full import more than did McClel
lan when opportunity or accident
thrust into his hands a copy of tho
above order.
If "fortune knocks once at c\ery
man's door," then the fickle dame we
all love to court literally "'butted"
into McClellan's tent tho morning of
September l.'J, 18'*>2. During the pre
ceding day, thc Ililli, the Confederate
outpost was htrctehed along the west
bank of the Manooocy, a short dis
tance east of Frederick. Up to this
time, since tho invasion of Maryland,
the federal cavalry had been but mild
ly aggressive, yielding readily to pres
sure from Stuart's troopers.
On tho morning of September 12 a
provost guard of 24 sabres and two
officers waa detailed from thc six com
mends constituting Hampton's First
brigado, whose duty it was to police
thc town, preservo order and dispatch
all stragglers up thc route the main
army had taken. This duty was not
onerous, and thc detail deemed the
servioo a special favor. During the
day tho enemy in increasing numbers
engaged the ou posts along tho river
and gradually extending his wings,
finally outflanked tho Confederates
abovo and below and forced their re
tirement through and beyond the
town. In accomplishing this move
ment the outpost imposed a new and
important duty upon thc provost
guard-it forced upon this detachment
the post of roar guard.
With tho withdrawal of tho Con
federates tho enemy promptly organ
ized a pursuit. Hin advanoe guard
dashed into the town, receiving de
monstrations of welcome from the
townspeople, justas the provost guard
had formed to move out. To retreat
with tho enemy upon the field invited
disaster upon tho provost guard. Its
commanding officer promptly reversed
his column of fours and faced the yell
ing enemy. This was rather unex
pected to the enemy, who expected to
find the Confederates in full retreat.
Tho advanoe guard halted and opened
a brisk fire upon tho provost guard.
Gou. Hampton, who was present,
detecting thiB blunder, promptly
ordered tho provost guard to oharge.
The dotaohmont quiokly obeyed, and
in several minutes expelled tho enemy
from and beyond the town. The fed
eral force consisted of two troops of
the Thirteenth Pennsylvania cavalry,
the Thirteenth Ohio iafantry and one
pieoe of artillery.
The whole force was driven forward
beyond the town, the gun overriden
and a number of the enemy killed,
wounded and captured, among the lat
ter the commanding officer, Col.
Moore. 7*ho fell a prisoner to your
; distinga ".bed oitiaen, Qen. W. W.
Gordon.
Pardon this degression from the
Bubjeot of the sketch. It is a preface
that oarries interest to the readers of
your paper, because the two offioers
and four of the troops were of your
splendid troop, the Georgia Hussars.
While it was a small and insignificant
affair as oompared with the more pre
tentious operations of Lee's army, it
loses no lustre by comparison.
A t dusk that evoning the Confeder
ates withdrew from Frederick. As
upon the oapture of Andre by the con
tinental scouts hinged grave issues,
so the oooupation of Frederick that
evening was fraught with grave dan
ger to Lee and his army.
Around a parcel of three cigars ao
oidently pioked up by a federal ser
geart a copy of tho now famous "spe
cial orders No. 191" was wrapped.
How or why it should be there has
never been explained. Promptly was I
[t imf into McClellan's hands and the *
whole plan of campaign exposed.
As stated, un to September 12
Stuart found litue difficulty in hold
ing in check demonstrations of the
federal oavalry, but on the 13th he
found the aggressiveness of the blue
troops so pronounced as to give em
ployment for all his oommand. Long
street was apprised of the unusual
energy of tho enemy, but seemed slow
to appreciate its impovtanoe. D II.
Hill made what disposition his divi
sion could SH, but the pressure be
came so strong Longstreet was appeal
ed to for assistance. Before that came
in sufficient strength the Confederates
were forced to and beyond the gaps
of the south and Catoctin mountains.
At Boonsborough, Crawpton's and
Turner's gaps heavy masses of the
federal troops pressed for the moun
tain gateways, and by th i night af the
14th had secured their control.
Meanwhile Jaokson hal undertaken
the reduotion of Harper's Ferry, as
as designated in speoial orders No.
.191 the separate commands had per
otfrmed the parts assigned them in
- 'ls bloody drama. But difficulties
typeyed their exeoution SD that these
?rst-?al divisions did not occupy the
ned ttus positions or the time allotted
j thew, Jackson did not get t} : . * ? f . into I
position until Sunday. McLaws undi
Walker had carried thc heights assign- 1
ed their commands by Saturday, but
Harper's Ferry was not surrendered
until ?Sunday. Hy reference l<i <ieu.
Lee'a order, Friday had been designated
as tho date wh< n the post must be cap
tured.
Napoleon said . '"In war. men count
as nothing, a men, everything." Ho
also when campaigns are planned time
is the essential factor. Gen. Lee
planned; the troops could execute the
movement and complete the reduction
I in thc time allotted. It was not done.
Friday was the day assigned by tho
commanding general, but th ? fort was
not surrendered until Sunday. Those
two lost days were McClellan's oppor
tunity. The possession of a copy of
"Special Orders No 191" gave him all
the details, and now it was for him
to frustrate Lee's plans.
Tressing D. II. Hill and Stuart to
and beyond the tops of tho South and
Catocin mountains, McClellan almost
thrust his largo army between the
severed wings of tho Army of North
ern Virginia. McLaws' rear was in
great peril. Ho oould spare but 3,000
of his command to meet one-third of
tho federal army under Franklin.
Stretching these across the Cul-de-sac,
the upper end of Pleasant Valley, ha
made so bold a display the federal
general failed to attack, though his
command numbered 30,000 men.
The defense of Harper's Ferry add
ed speed and pressure to McClellan,
and he was within five miles of the
post when the cessation of fire con
veyed the mute intelligence that the
post had succumbed.
Keen was the mortification of the
federal commander. Yet knowing the
exact position of tho various com
mands of Lee, ho had so forced his
strong army, he was in position to at
tack and beat the separated wings in
his orders to Franklin, McClellan
writes : "My idea is to out the enemj
in two and beat him in detail. I asl
of you at this important moment al
your intellect and the utmost aotivitj
that a general can oxerciso."
But McLaws and Hampton otood ii
Franklin's path and with audaoioui
effrontery bluffed tho federal genera
into a fatal halt. Had his 30,00(
attaoked with vigor a different ver
diet may have boen awarded Sharps
burg.
Though the ferry had fallen McClel
lan was still master of the situatiou
His immense army, well in hand am
capable of dealing tremendous am
fatal blows right and left upon th
severed wings of the Army of North
ern Virginia.
Peculiar, therefore, must have beei
tho feelings that stirred the breast o
the f?deral oaptain, as with glass ii
in hand, from the Red Hill of Antic
tam, he surveyed the attenuated line
of the elastic Army of Northern Vii
ginia, as it took position along th
I crest of Sharpsburg. Opportunst
was at his elbow. Fortune satsmilio
near by, and all things pointed to th
realization of his moat oherishe
hopes. The defeats of the past wei
now to be compensated ia gloriou
viotory of the present. "The applaue
of listening senates to oommand," th
acclaims of the populace, seemed rinj
ing in his ears as with apparent oe:
tainty he ordered his arms to the ai
sault.
Jack BOD reached Sharpsburg al moi
on the ruo, so rapidly did his ma
velous "foot cavalry" move to rejoi
Lee. With 6,000 men he took poa
tion on the left of.? tho line-Staai
with his troopers and horse artillei
1 prolonging that flank to the river.
The blustering "Fighting Joe" li
orally picked up his 18,000 men ac
dashed them at the "Stonewall." Tl
J oontaot shattered the federal corp
Reforming again it waB thrown npc
? the "Stonewall" and again ab i vere
Catting up Mansfield he pressed the
united strength upon Jaokson ai
foroed him back and ibeyond tl
Dunker Church. The preservation
that line waa vitsl to the life of Lee
army. Jaokson called for assistao
add Lee anu? him 5,000 men. A
justing his alignment he moved np?
tho blue soldiers and again drove the
bsok. Sumner, then Franklin, coi
ing to Hooker's assiBtanoe, en ab I
him to hold his own, but not befo
Mansfield had yielded up his life upi
the field and Hooker seut to the re
painfully wounded.
The Bloody Lane, so aptly name
became the object of desperate s
sault?. Lee had asked Qordon if
could hold the eenter until suns?
He pledged the Confederate ehiefta
to do so, and the bloody victims tb
gave the name to the sunken road t<
ti fied how truly the Georgian h
kept his pledge. Five federal bulb
sought his person and drew oopioni
i of tho orimson, life-giving finid, a
I not until oarried unconscious from t
field did this gallant son of tha E
pire State yield. His personal coi
age i ifeotod his men and they oin
with desperation to their work, thou
SJ greatly outnumbered. The shad
of a line constituted Lee's right,
had drawn upon this portion of !
line to maintain hts left and eent
upon whioh McClellan had made sc
fierce assaults.
The federal left under Barnside 1
beea ordered to seise the bridge O'
tlio Antietam and crush Lee's ri?r!it.
Before that bridtic lay a small, silent,
I 'it -tem array ol gray vcteruDS ready
io dispute Burnside's passage. Iii?
orders were to effect the crowding by
o o'clock and disperse the troops on
the ridge. These Georgia rifles proved
a tough proposition to the federal offi
cer. Every effort to carry the bridge
paid dearly io dead and wounded from
the rifles of the "Cracker" brigade.
Quoting from the federal historian,
M. Quad :
"His (Burnside's) orders were to
carry thc bridge by 8 o'clock, but
there is no poiut for a quarter of a
mile up or down that a soldier could
not ford and keep his cartridge box
dry. At 0 o'clock Hooker bad loBt
2,000 men and Burnside had hardly
fired a gun. Ry 10 o'clock tho center
had lost 2,000 men and Burnside had
not killed a Confederate. At 11 o'clock
he was where daylight had found him.
At noon, 0,000 federal lay dead. At 1
o'clock Col. Key was ordered by Mc
Clellan to force the bridge with Burn
side's troops leading them himself if
Burnside would not -then the latter
moved.
"Burnside has the bridge, but Lee
holds the heigths above. One deter
mined rush will capture his gunt
massed there, or drive them back
through the town ; but Burnside ad
vanees, balts ; advances, hesitates
and finally sends back for reinforce
meats, although he has already five tc
one.
"Some of the guns on Lee's right art
positively without infantry supports
A dash by a single brigade may de
oide the battle, but it is not made.
"Franklin (with Sumner) can holt
Jackson, but nothing more. Lee hat
made his center secure in its position
and any direot assault means the de
struotion of the assailants. Burnsidi
can break through Lee's right with
out losing 1,000 me i, and be had fore
enough to orush that wing back on th
center, but he is not the man for th
emergenoy.
"We could see the right of Porter'
15,000 reserves lying hidden along th
red hill aoross the valley. Let Burn
side move with v'^or and strike
worthy blow, and he CPU have aid t
follow up his success. These reserve
are a menace to Lee. They preveo
bis right and center from any advane
when any opportunity offers. But fe
them, he would, in the early morning
have flung the few skeleton brigade
i oomposing his right across the bridg
i and boldly sought to drive Burnside
whole corps down on the federal cei
ter.
"Night oomes and the battle dit
away, each army clinging fast to i
position. It is a drawn fight. Buri
side could have made it a defeat I
Lee."
On the right, so thinly manned, ai
determined aotion by Burnside mn
have eveutuated in breaking Lee
line. One battery, denuded of i
gunners, stood silent, though "
battery." Gen. Longstreet, passii
along this part of the line with a pc
tion of his staff and, seeing the mov
ment of Burnside, halted and di
mounting Cols. Sorrel and Latro
and Maj. Fairfax became i m prom p
cannoneers, manning the guns, ope
ed a brisk fire on the advanoing fe
and thus became no small factor
the repulse of the federal left.
Night dropped the curtain of dar
ness upon one of the bloodiest batt!
of modern times-eaoh army dingi
with a death grip to its position.
Morning found the combatants st
in line, but silent-one too weak, t
other too terribly punished to assui
the aggressive. And so passed t
18th, excepting for a trace for bm
ing the dead. That night McClelli
receiving two divisions and the rh
receding and making praotioable
fords, Lee quietly withdrew to t
: Virginia bank of the river,
j Mistaking the movement of Lee
the 19th, McClellan sent Porte
corps in hot pursuit. Thia orosi
i the Potomac and came up with A.
Hill, who, with 2,000 muskets c
sufficient artillery, turned upon F
ter and drove him into and beyond t
Potomac So savage waa the repa
I and consequent demor?l;:i?!ou, t
loss to Porter in the river was te
\ ble-so fearful the Potomao ran :
with the blood of the foe, and
stream was literally dammed w
i their bodies. In conclusion, let
again quote the authentic M. Quad
"What a storm the North raised
cause McClellan did not bag Lee's
1 my ! Hooker, Mansfield and Sum?
driven baok to their battle lino in
morning-Burnside plotting, hes
! ting and failing-the oenter h av
i enough to hold its own, it waa ]
Clellan that would have been hag
but for the- menace of Potter's
serves lying along the red hill.
"Thors was a grast flaunt mad
Lee's army being demoralized. DOD
alisad armies do not go into camp
he did that night, within cannon i
of his hsttls ?ins and coolly wait
the ri vor to fall and uncovor a ft
He waited and showed his tty
When he retreated he fastened
! teeth into the flesh of those who
lowed. When the advance guard pt
ed on after that 'demoralised* a
'the Potomao run red with the bloo
Porter's men."
When Jackson had repulsed
placel on tin* defensive tho federal
right wing, composing Hooker's, Mans
field's, Sumner's and Franklin's corps,
Gen. Lee believed that the flank could
bc successfully attacked and crushed.
It bad made good and strong its posi
tion, too much so for Lee's feeble
force to assault. Still Lee believed
the plan possible.
Cul. Henderson, in his most in?rr
esticg "Life of Stonewall Jackson,*'
tells how Lee urged bis plan and di
rected Jackson to take 50 pieces of ar
tillery and annihilate McClellan's
right. Jackson demurred, as the prioe
was too costly.
Taking Col. S. 1>. Lee with him they
rode to a favorable point of observa
tion and carefully scrutinized the situ
ation. After a thorough survey Jack
sou said :
"Colonel, if I give you 50 pieces of
artillery can you destroy them ?"
After a pause, Col. Lee replied am
biguously. Again Jackson said :
"Colonel, if I give you 50 pieces of
artillery can you destroy them ?"
Again Col. Lee replied unsatisfac
torily. Then a third time, with de
liberate emphasis, the great Stonewall
repeated :
"Colonel, if I give you 50 pieces of
artillery eau you destroy them ?"
Col. Lee realized that no evasion
would suit J ackson. Under great men
tal strain he answered :
"No, Gen. Jackson, I cannot."
"That is all. We will now ride,"
responded Jackson.
A great revulsion oame over Lee.
Shaking with emotion he exclaimed :
"Gen. Jackson, give me those 50
pieces. If any man can do it ? will !"
"That's all right, Colonel," answer
ed Jackson ; "let us ride on."
Stephen' D. Lee, who had at Seoond
Manassas, less than three weeks be
fore, covered himself and his regiment
of artillery with imperishable fame,
conceiving the idea that Jackson
doubted his mon and courage, again
pleaded for the privilege bf the at
tempt, and on Jaokson declining the
gallant artilleryman burst into tears,
so greatly was he wrought up.
On returning from the Memphis re
union in 1901 the writer, for part of
the way, was a seat mate of Gen. S.D.
Lee, and asked him if he had read
Henderson's "Life of Stonewall Jaok
son." Gen. Lee replied he had not.
The incident was then related, and
just as the writer was concluding the
narrative Gen. Lee exclaimed :
"I remember the incident as if it
had ooourred yesterday. I broke down
and oried like a child."
He was told that was the exact re
cord.
Few battles in history parallel
SharpBbnrg. McClellan had present
for duty 87,164 men, his army well in
hand, and himself in possession of the
now famous "Special Orders No. 191."
Lee, with his army soattered over miles
of territory, rashly awaited battle, hie
army coming into aotion by piecemeal,
and of all arms but 35,255 weary sol
diers. He pnt every oommand into
aotion. He had absolutely no reserves.
It is one of the striking instanoos oi
his rare audsoity. That he was able
to preserve intaot his battle line that
memorable September 17th is one oi
the mysteries of war. Aooording to
the rulos of war, his army should have
been defeated and destroyed. But Lee
did not fight Tinder the old red tape
j plano. His genius created plans as
j conditions permitted, and Sharpsburg
must always halo his name with heroic
glory.
The four years of floree carnage,
that embraoed over 2,200 combats ol
greater or lesr magnitude, never dis
played to better advantage the peer
less qualities of the Confederate sol
dier, nor did any battlefield exhibit
more markedly the great genius ol
j Robert E. Lee.
This fierce battle takes rank as ont
j of the bloodiest of modern times. In
I eluding the heavy attacks upon thc
i slopes and in the gaps of South ant
Ca to eton mouutaino, Modell on expo
rienoed the loss of 14,794 men. T<
these should be added the loss of th<
cr ar ri a on of Harner'a Ferr v. tl OAJ
" ? - - - -?? -?
killed, wounded and captured, and yot
have an aggregate of 25,794*
In the same encounters the Army o
Northern' Virginia suffered losBe
amounting to 10,292-8,000 of thea*
upon the gory field of Sharpsburg. ?
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Buggy and Harness line*.
Pi ices ind terms right.
Car Milburn
Just received. Don't fail to look'
at our stock before buying..
I also sell the celebrated hi^h
grade guaranteed Wheeler & Wil
son SEWING MACmNES on
usual terms.
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DENTI8T.
Office Over Farmers and Merchants
Baak.
SPECIAL attention gt vea (? tBo higher
olassefeof Dental work. Crowns; Bridges
and Porcelain Inlays, nuoh as are done in
tho larger cities.
Al) klada of Plates made. Gold Fill
ings la artificial teath any timo after
Plates are made.
Oxygen Goa and Local Anesthetics
Riven for the Painless Extraction of tooth.
Blnedin* and diseased gama treated.
?&- AU calla to the country and near
bv Towns for tho Ptlslsss Extraction of
Teeth promptly attended to by a oompe
tent assistant. ~
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A nun thinks it is when the matter of life
insurance euggee?p itself1-but circumstan
ces of late have shown how life hangs by a
thread whee war, flood, hurricane and fire
soddenly overtakes you, and the,only way
to be eure that your fiunliy is protected In
case of cala'fe overtaking you is to In
sure in a sohd Company like
TKe Mutual Benefit Life los Oo
Drop in'and see us about it. , j.,
STATE AGENT.
Peoples' Bank BoUd?i*, ANDERSON, O 8.